…of the peak. When Baker failed to return the next morning a searching party was sent out, which, however, failed to find the missing man. For three days, however, the search was continued, until, on the evening of the third day, as one of the officers was standing on the…
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…as his homestead, for which he received a separate deed, and which, for several years, he was not permitted to sell. As soon as the Dawes Commission announced that it was ready to allot lands there was a stampede of Indians and Negroes for the office of the commission from…
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…County is also noted for its shallow oil wells, many of which are less than one thousand feet in depth. Reliable geologists report that there are yet probably thirty million barrels of undeveloped oil in the Wagoner-Muskogee field. Wagoner County was formerly a part of the Creek Nation and many…
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…the company was an Irishman. When he had gone half way up the hill he looked around and discovered that there was but one man following him, and that the rest of the company were standing at the foot of the hill. “D___ you,” said the lieutenant, “don’t you know…
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…missionary who labored faithfully and successfully among these Indians for several years. But among all of these missionaries, probably Jeremiah Hubbard, “Uncle Jerry” as he was familiarly called, was best known. He came to the Quapaw agency in 1879 and for forty years thereafter he devoted his time and energy…
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Immediately following the disastrous fire of February 23, 1899, which destroyed nearly all of the business section of Muskogee, the citizens made an earnest appeal to the Secretary of the Interior to appoint a townsite commission to survey and plat the town lots and fix the appraised value thereof, as…
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…years as its Commercial Club secretary. He, also, was a genuine Muskogee booster, and his excellent command of the English language, coupled with a vivid imagination, enabled him to present, at each weekly meeting of the club, such glowing accounts of Muskogee’s future prospects that the club members would immediately…
…first treaty, the Hopewell Treaty of 1785, and began to emigrate westward in search of a new country where they would be free from molestation by white settlers. They floated down the Tennessee River on improvised boats, and on down the Ohio and Mississippi to the mouth of the St…..
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…a few years they erected a commodious two-story brick building, with assembly halls for their two legislative bodies designated as the “National Committee” and the “Council,” the two branches combined being known as “The Cherokee National Council.” On the sixth day of September, 1839, their National Council, in session at…
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…Graham and others. The post office was established early in the year 1882. W. T. Whitaker, aided by others, built the first school and church building in 1888. The first telegraph office was opened in Pryor in the year 1889. The first bank was organized in 1900. W. A. Graham…
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